Official draw set for Ford Worlds

This year’s host nation and next year’s host nation will meet in the opening draw of the Ford World Men’s Curling Championship on March 30, 2013, at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, B.C.

The final draw for the nine-day global championship has now been set, and it features Canada playing China in opening-round action at 2 p.m. (all times PST), following the opening ceremonies at 11:30 a.m. It was announced on Wednesday, Jan. 16, that Beijing, China, will play host to the 2014 world men’s championship from March 29-April 6, 2014.

Fans will be able to cheer on Team Canada at the Ford World Men’s Curling Championship in Victoria from March 30 to April 7. (Photo, CCA/Andrew Klaver)

TSN will provide coverage of all of Canada’s round-robin games, as well as the playoffs leading up to the gold-medal game on April 7 at 4 p.m.

Canada’s team for the Ford Worlds will be decided at the Tim Hortons Brier, which runs March 2-10 at Rexall Place in Edmonton.

It will be the 21st time that Canada has staged the World Men’s championship since 1959, the fifth time it’s been hosted by British Columbia (1966, 1987, 1998 and 2005) and the second time in Victoria, which also hosted in 2005.